Mar

30

G-Town Goes Bald

March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

MAJOR PROPS to the G-Town students, teachers, staff and community members who fund-raised in our first annual Bald for Bucks. We watched 35+ caring individuals go bald on stage this morning, after raising money for Roswell. It was wonderful to watch everyone come together to raise $7426.01 through pledges and our dress down day.
Nice job from [...]

Mar

27

Potential New Hires

March 27, 2007 | 4 Comments

I spent this evening at a local university speaking with graduate students in education on the topic of the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) at Gowanda. I had the privilege of joining Marvin L. Henchbarger, Executive Director of the Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of Western New York.
Readers may remember earlier posts on G-Town Talks about the evolution [...]

Mar

25

Hamburg Hawks Last Hurrah

March 25, 2007 | 1 Comment

I’m thinking about parenting tonight and I’m feeling sort of melancholy. Our son started playing hockey in the Hamburg Hawks house league when he was in the second grade. He played his final game for the league tonight. Eight years on the ice, eight winters of driving 30 miles to the rink every Saturday and Sunday, once for practice and [...]

Mar

22

Wanted: Teachers

March 22, 2007 | 10 Comments

Maybe it’s because we’re getting ready to post and advertise our teaching positions that are open for next year, but Will Richardson hit a nerve with me in his post The Next Generation of Teachers.
Will talks about a conversation on educational technologies that he had with a group of graduate students in education. Will writes,
The [...]

Mar

21

Faculty Meeting Excitement, “Not”

March 21, 2007 | 4 Comments

Why is it that my teachers say so little at our faculty meetings? I try to keep them to 30 minutes max and limit agenda items to discussion items, taking care of the smaller, informational items via email.
Today’s agenda had what I thought were some pretty hefty items: 

Student Presentation on suggested alternatives to “That’s so [...]

Mar

21

The 111th Carnival of Education

March 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Thanks to The Education Wonks for recognizing a G-Town Talks post in the 111th Carnival of Education!
High school principal Kimberly Moritz gives us a reminder that classroom teachers aren’t the only ones being held “accountable” in this New Age Of Standardized Testing and Accountability.

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Mar

19

Just Four Minutes Per Period

March 19, 2007 | 5 Comments

If you’ve ever wondered if small schedule changes can add up to a significant impact on student learning, consider the following proposed changes to our 38 minute instructional periods.
Currently our students enter our building at 7:23, yet we don’t start first period until 7:50. Next year, we propose to begin homeroom in first period at 7:35, with [...]

Mar

17

I Love My School

March 17, 2007 | 6 Comments

We had a substitute teacher yesterday who taught here for many years, but retired prior to my principalship. She hasn’t really substitute taught in our high school since my arrival. Shortly after homeroom I saw her and she said, “that young man over there has an ipod on.” My reply, “I know, we allow students to [...]

Mar

16

Lucky 77

March 16, 2007 | 1 Comment

So. I understand there will be 77 new employees at the New York State Education Department. I wonder how I can expect this to help us here in Gowanda? What will they be doing? I wonder if they’ll be coming up with new ways to help and support local districts? Or will they just add [...]

Mar

16

LeaderTalk Kudos

March 16, 2007 | 4 Comments

When I write for this blog, G-Town Talks, I write for our students, teachers, and community. I write for my educational colleagues and fellow bloggers. To influence thinking or recognize achievement, to question and wonder, to elicit a response or to bring attention to an educational issue. I write for me too. To get things onto the blog [...]

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